Germany vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Germany, by 170 million TIV, or 6.15 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Germany	Switzerland	World
2025	1.63 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	4 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	142 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	37 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	218 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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